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The most spectacular art treasures of the church are its gorgeous Byzantine mosaics, glittering Old Testament scenes high on the walls (don’t forget the binoculars), and a triumphant Mary and Jesus enthroned in the apse over the high altar.
Twelve towers, four at each portal, are to represent the Apostles; four higher ones, the Evangelists; a dome over the apse, the Virgin; and the central spire, the Savior.
Some of Spain’s very best works of art are in this museum, such as the great 12th century Cristo Pantocrator from the apse of the church of Sant Climent de Taüll in the Pyrenees.
In the apse of the Greek-columned interior is a delightful mosaic of St. Apollinaris, Ravenna’s first martyr and bishop, surrounded by 12 sheep representing the Apostles, with Moses and Elijah in the clouds above him.
The octagonal construction provides the interior with seven exedrae, or recesses, the eighth being the choir and apse.